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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office has released more information pertaining to the death of a rural Jamestown man found dead outside of his home on Tuesday morning.

According to Deputy Jason Falk, the department responded to a vehicle accident on Highway 281 that occurred South of Jamestown. A semi and trailer had been side-swiped by a vehicle that did not stop after colliding with the semi at around 9:30 PM on December 15th. The next morning at around 10:30 AM, The Sheriff’s Department located an abandoned vehicle with extensive damage that matched the early hit-and-run.

A subsequent investigation led to finding 75 year-old Alvin Peterson of Ypislanti, North Dakota dead in the front yard of his own home. He was also the owner of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run incident. Preliminary autopsy results indicated that Peterson died due to hypothermia.

The case is still pending further investigation.